| 单词 | to lock away |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto lock away to lock away transitive. To enclose or confine in a locked room, building, box, etc.; to keep securely under lock and key; (also) to imprison. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > enclosing or enclosure > enclosing or confining > enclose or confine [verb (transitive)] > in a place or receptacle shut13.. sealc1420 lockc1460 to lock up1568 enlock1596 to lock away1755 1755 J. Shebbeare Lydia II. xlii. 116 My Lord, since you say this is so curious a thing, please me, I'll lock it away. 1846 J. S. H. Pardoe Confessions Pretty Woman v. 65 Gathering up the long-neglected letter, I locked it away carefully in my desk. 1889 tr. T. Bentzon Expiation vii. 144 If he could have but also locked away the remembrances that haunted him without helping or strengthening him! 1908 Times 4 Mar. 14/4 The composer..made the passages easy enough to attract all,..while he locked away the deeper secrets. 1920 Amer. Mag. Nov. 186 He shut his ledgers, locked them away. 2011 Independent 7 Oct. (Arts & Bks. section) 28/2 Psychiatrists..have too often locked away the mad, experimented on them, put them in comas. < as lemmas |
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